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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Nahuatl pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
| IPA |
Examples |
English equivalent
|
| Consonants
|
| साँचा:square bracket openglottal stop|ʔ]]साँचा:yesno
|
h
|
the catch in oh-oh; sometimes h[१]
|
| साँचा:square bracket openpalatal approximant|j]]साँचा:yesno
|
y
|
y
|
| साँचा:square bracket openvoiceless velar plosive|k]]साँचा:yesno
|
ca, co, que, qui
|
scan
|
| kʷ
|
cu, uc
|
squeak
|
| साँचा:square bracket openalveolar lateral approximant|l]]साँचा:yesno
|
l
|
leave
|
| lː
|
ll
|
will leave
|
| साँचा:square bracket openvoiceless alveolar lateral fricative|ɬ]]साँचा:yesno
|
l [२]
|
play साँचा:nowrap
|
| साँचा:square bracket openbilabial nasal|m]]साँचा:yesno
|
m
|
m
|
| साँचा:square bracket openवर्त्स्य नासिक्य|n]]साँचा:yesno
|
n
|
n
|
| साँचा:square bracket openकण्ठ्य नासिक्य|ŋ]]साँचा:yesno
|
nc, nqu
|
sink
|
| साँचा:square bracket openअघोष द्वयोष्ठ्य स्पर्श|p]]साँचा:yesno
|
p
|
span
|
| साँचा:square bracket openvoiceless alveolar sibilant|s]]साँचा:yesno
|
s, or za, zo, ce, ci
|
sack
|
| साँचा:square bracket openअघोष पश्वर्त्स्य संघर्षी|ʃ]]साँचा:yesno
|
x, y [२]
|
shoe
|
| साँचा:square bracket openvoiceless alveolar plosive|t]]साँचा:yesno
|
t
|
stand
|
| साँचा:square bracket openvoiceless alveolar lateral affricate|tɬ]]साँचा:yesno
|
tl
|
at least[३]
|
| साँचा:square bracket openvoiceless palato-alveolar affricate|tʃ]]साँचा:yesno
|
ch
|
choo
|
| साँचा:square bracket openvoiceless alveolar affricate|ts]]साँचा:yesno
|
tz
|
cats
|
| साँचा:square bracket openvoiced labio-velar approximant|w]]साँचा:yesno
|
hu, uh
|
w
|
| साँचा:square bracket openvoiceless labio-velar approximant|ʍ]]साँचा:yesno
|
hu, uh [२]
|
which, hitch[१]
|
|
|
Notes
साँचा:reflist
- ↑ अ आ In some dialects, /ʔ/ or [ʍ] or both are pronounced [h].
- ↑ अ आ इ Before all voiceless consonants: [p], [t], [tɬ], [ts], [tʃ], [s], [ʃ], [k], [kʷ], and at the ends of words
- ↑ [tɬ] is the Classical pronunciation of tl, retained in some modern dialects. In others, it has come to be pronounced [ɬ] or [t]